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The Belgian legislator has introduced a prohibition on 'unfair clauses' in agreements between enterprises through the Law of 4 April 2019 concerning t…
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An Act of 4 April 2019 introduced three new sets of rules governing B2B-relationships: (1) a prohibition of unfair market practices (which entered int…
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Over het startpunt van de 7 werkdagen-termijn ter beëindiging van een handelsagentuurovereenkomst wegens een uitzonderlijke omstandigheid of een ernst…
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Vous avez remarqué que pendant la période de confinement, les ventes en ligne ont connu un bond ?
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Le Règlement UE 1924/2006 sur les allégations nutritionnelles et de santé prévoit qu’on ne peut faire référence aux effets bénéfiques généraux, non sp…
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Les nouvelles règles sur l’abus de dépendance économique sont entrées en vigueurs ce 22 août 2020. Nous soulèverons ci-dessous les 8 questions que tou…
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La position acquise par certaines plateformes et moteurs de recherche crée un déséquilibre de plus en plus marqué. Ces fournisseurs ont la capacité d’…
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Het begrip “economische afhankelijkheid”kentgeen equivalent in het Europese mededingingsrecht. Verordening nr. 1/2003 betreffende de uitvoering van de…
Read MoreIn August 2017, the Belgian Competition Authority (BMA) opened an investigation into potential anticompetitive practices resulting from the conclusion…
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The Belgian Parliament introduced the prohibition on abuse of economic dependence in an Act of March 2019 to protect undertakings that are economicall…
Read MoreThe Belgian Competition Authority published on 22 July 2020 its position on the application of merger control to local hospital networks.
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In Trendsetteuse (C-828/18), the Court of Justice of the EU held that in order to be protected under the Commercial Agency Directive, it is …
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Following the recent legislative amendment obliging hospitals to establish and be part of a loco-regional hospital network,[1] the Belgian Compet…
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The first wave of EU legislation regarding the internet emerged twenty years ago. Now the Commission has started the revision of these instruments to …
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Le Tribunal de l’Union européenne annule la décision de la Commission sur des rulings fiscaux irlandais en faveur d’Apple. Il estime que la Commission…
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Within the agricultural and food supply chain, significant imbalances in bargaining power between suppliers and buyers of agri-food products are frequ…
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Article IV.2/1 of the Code of Economic Law will be entering into effect on 1 December 2020 at the latest. This provision prohibits the « abuse of…
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L’enquête porte sur les modalités, conditions et autres mesures imposées par Apple pour l’intégration d’Apple Pay dans les applications commerciales e…
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The CJEU held in this case that an individual cannot rely on the general prohibition of discrimination on grounds of nationality to challenge a clause…
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he Belgian Data Protection Authority (BDPA) has just published two new decisions by its Litigation Chamber, in widely different cases:
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